Collar, cuff, and shirt button.



J. S. MEAD.

COLLAR, CUFF, AND SHIRT BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-1?, 1913.

Patented Jilly 27, 1915.

JAMES s. MEAD,

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COLLAR, CUFF. AND SHIRT BUTTON.

T all 'wllom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES S. MEAD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar, Cuff, and Shirt'Buttons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the ordinary stud or button in use today for fastening a collar together with a shirt, in front of the wearer, there is but one piece used, and it is necessary in unfastening the shirt to unfasten the collar from the shirt'as well, and, therefore, necessary for convenience sake to entirely remove the collar.

'It is the special object of my invention to provide a button in two' parts, either one of which will suffice to hold a collar flap and a shirt band togetheigand which may be easily fastened each to each, and this Lac eomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a strip of metal cut or stamped in the proper shape for forming my outer stud. F 2 is a top elevation of my outer stud. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, on line 3, 3, in Fig. 2, with the inner stud inserted. Fig. 9c is a. side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the outer stud, taken at right angles to that in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the inner'stud. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a shirt and collar showing the use of the inner and outer studs.

The blank from which the outer stud is made. is .cut into a shape having a circular central portion 1, straight strips 2, 2, extending therefrom of width less than the diameter of the central portion, and crescent shaped ends 13. 3. This blank is bent so that the strips 2, 2. are parallel to each other. thereby forming a socket of the part 1, and shanks for the same of the strips 2, Q: and

the end pieces are bentout at right angles to the shanks. forming a base for the shank. An annular disk 4 is provided. adapted to fit over the bottom of the pieces 3. I}, with its edges :7, 5. bent over and around the edges of the said pieces. so as to retain them somewhat loosely. This is the preferred method .of construction of the outer stud, it

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2'3, figiai.

Application filed March 17, 1913. Serial No. 754,767.

v6, 6, and when the head has passed they will close in around the shank to which it is at tached. The sidepieces 2, 2, of the shank are preferably bent in slightly at 7 to form a further spring. The shank being split, a projecting edge is left of the socket cap 1, which edge will serve to prevent the stud from slipping out of place in a button hole. The bent-in portion of the shank also serves to keep the outer stud in place when inserted in a button hole. thus serve all the purposes of an ordinary shirt or cuff button, and will serve to keep a collar flap 8 and a shirt band 9 together.

The inner stud is of the usual construction, having'base 10, a shank l1, and a round head 12 of diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the opening 13 in the annular disk 4. This stud will serve to hold a collar flap 1st and a shirt band 15 together.

The method of operation of my new button device is obvious. The inner stud is inserted through the button hole in the inner shirt band and a collar flap. The outer stud, having this socket, is inserted through the button hole inthe outer shirt band and the other collar flap. To fasten the two together, the head of the lower stud is forced into the socket of the upper stud. The mere withdrawing of the lower stud leaves shirt and collar in their first position.

The advantage of being able to fasten up the collar and the shirt before putting on the shirt is equally as great over the usual method, as is the advantage of being able to open the shirt without taking off the collar, and the advantage of being able to remove the shirt without taking oil the collar. The same applies equally to eulfs and to buttons for a shirt front. The button provided is in two parts. each of which will stay in place like an ordinary button.

llaving thus described my invention,what i1 The outer stud can I described, a pair of studs of customary c01- lar button shape, comprising a receiving stud having a rounded hollow head, a rounded hollow shank of less cross sectional area, and a base, and a stud to fit into said receiving stud, having a rounded head to lie within the hollow head of the receiving stud, a shank to lie Within the hollow shank thereof, and a base portion.

2. In a buttoning device, a receiving stud, a stud to fit therein, each stud of customary collar button shape, each adapted to hold pieces of fabric together independent of each other, the receiving stud having a 1101 low shank comprising two separated strips 15 vJAMES S, MEAD.

Attest:

ROBERT E. HARGITT, I'IELEN L. AICIII-IOLZ. 

